Joe is a Dubliner, whose hobby has been writing about his native city and Ireland since 1992, when his first book was published, "Times, Chimes and Charms of Dublin", recently revised. His love of local history and photography have been combined in at least a dozen books, many published by The History Press, and recently Eastwood/Wordwell Books. A few of his other books deal with his family history, while a few titles dabble mildly in religion, philosophy, and politics.